Grizzly Bear is an indie rock/experimental band from Brooklyn. They are signed with Warp Records, which makes them one of the few non-electronic bands signed with Warp.

The band is formed by Daniel Rossen, Ed Droste, Chris Taylor, and Christopher Bear. In May of this year, they released their third full-length album, “Veckatimest“. From that album, they now have a video for their song, “Ready, Able”.

I saw the video for it and was stunned. It was brilliantly done in claymation. Check it out…
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Is it wrong that I kinda miss the long haired, sorta surfer, “oh really?!” Robin Thicke. I mean I love his current Smooth Criminal look, but I have a thing for White boys with long hair, and don’t lie, back when “A Beautiful World” was released, it seemed like every girl I knew was feeling his surfer look. When I Get You Alone was my jam, and the whole bike-messenger-in-NYC video had me going, but I guess now that he’s a bit more mature, is happily married and about to have a baby the more clean cut look reflects that, however, I think I’m allowed to reminisce. I will say one thing though, before I  end this randomness– the man’s music is still fresh as ever. Good music has no expiration date. Take note kiddies.

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“2 Turntables and a Microphone” is a film that documents the life and death of Jam Master Jay, the influential hip hop DJ of the group Run DMC.
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Holiday movie season has been in effect for a few weeks now, and aside from some super ass kicking action from Korean triple threat Rain, there’s one movie that I practically peed my self for when I saw the trailer recently. That’s right, you heard me. But what could possibly be more awesome than blood, ninjas, and a shirtless Rain? The Lovely Bones is what. Based on the book of the same name, the movie is directed by Peter Jackson, the man behind District 9, King Kong (2005) and most notably, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. To say I am anticipating this with stars in my eyes is an understatement. And if you’ve read the book, you’ll know why.

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I had the pleasure of doing an interview with California beat maker, Dibia$e (a.k.a. Diabolic). This slap master was born in Watts, and is now holding it down in south central California. He’s been in the music scene for over a decade now. At one point he was rhyming and producing, but he stopped being an emcee to focus more on making beats. He dropped music in open-mic workshops like The Good Life and Project Blowed. He released an EP titled “Up The Joystick” that features 8-bit video game samples like Mario Bros., Castlevania, and Megaman (you can D/L it for free at the bottom). A few of the tracks on that EP feature artists U-N-I, Amiri Dialect, Fifth P, DJ Deprave, and Hardware. He tackles the sounds of soul, hip hop, funk, raw neck-breaking slappers, and occasionally hits you with unexpecting samples (examples: “May The Force” with the Darth Vader sample, “Axel Foley” that samples that Harold Faltermeyer track, that Cheers flip, he flipped the Mr. rogers theme, etc). And, for those of you that don’t know, he was a runner-up in Los Angeles’ Red Bull Big Tune beat battle in 2008. Recently, Dibia$e was picked up by Alpha Pup Records, where he’s set to release his full length album sometime soon.

Interview after the jump…
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Got a little something in my inbox from Karl “Oye” Iglesias. I wasn’t sure who he was, but after some reading, I learned that he’s an actor, an emcee, a poet, a mentor, and a director. He’s a two-time Wisconsin teen slam champion, and was the first artist to accomplish this goal at the age of 19 (which occurred in 2008). In 2009, his team at the UW took second place at the Collegiate Union Poetry Slam Invitational. Among many other things he’s accomplished, he also debuted his solo theater show, “If A Tree Falls“, across the country and was a featured artist in the 2009 Hip Hop Theater Festival in NYC as part of the “Young, Gifted, and Hyped” series. He has shared the stage with artists like Rhymefest, Rafael Casal, Ludacris, Wale, Patricia Smith, Dennis Kim, and much more.

Now for a video. After the jump is the trailer for his debut EP titled, “In My Mind“, which is set to be released in December with Ink Red Clothing.
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So, I’m just chilling around the internets, catching up on a few blogs that I haven’t visited in a while when I come across this post on the hip hop/crafting blog AfroDandy. In it, blogger, craftster, and hip hop enthusiast Zavi posted a brief entry about “Green Graffiti” and I instantly became intrigued. As you know, Tiffology posted a few other interesting graffiti before (ex: here, and here) and I figured, you guys might like this too. So, off to google I went and found a bunch of great pictures of the Green Graffiti aka Moss Graffiti. Now as you know, the whole world is pretty much going green to help our planet and the art world is no different. These incredibly cool moss creations not only look sweet, but being that they’re  natural, they are much much better for the ozone than spray paint, paint markers, sharpies and what have you. YAY BIODEGRADABLE! Take a look after the break to see more pictures like this one from Ladybird ,vids I found around the net  and an easy recipie if you want to give it a try.

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Ever thought about trimming twigs on a tree to tune them and create music? Yeah, it never crossed my mind either. But it did for Diego Stocco.

He did things like trimming the twigs with a pencil sharpener, modified his own stethoscope by using some hose accessories, and slid a bow across various twigs for sounds.
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